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Motif

Marital experiences of the devil. (Cf. H1153, K216.1, K2325, T251.1.1.)

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Filed across the traditions
  • Irish Beal XXI 330
  • Spanish Espinosa Jr. 91–93
  • Jewish *Neuman.
Within the index

Filed under Devil. (The Devil, Satan, The Bad Man, Old Nick, etc.) Not clearly differentiated, especially in German tradition, from the stupid ogre. (See also F531 (Giant), G100–199 and G500–699.)

7 finer motifs beneath it
Devil wooes an innkeeper's daughter Devil marries a widow who maltreats him Devil marries old maid who proves to be a termagant and a miser Devil visits woman and founds a family. (Cf. G303.11.) Devil marries girl Devil in guise of woman woos man Devil's sexual relations with mortals
Filed beside it
The origin of the devil and his companions Names applied to the devil Forms in which the devil appears The devil's physical characteristics How the devil is dressed Circumstances of the devil's appearance How the devil travels Devil's expulsion from heaven and his present haunts Deeds of the devil Allies and possessions of the devil The relatives of the devil The stupid devil Devil's unfinished work cannot be completed by human hands. One stone missing in church, etc Places haunted by the devil How the devil's power may be escaped or avoided The devil's disappearance from the world
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Task: selling three old women. (Devil finds that no one wants them.) The evil woman in the glass case as the last commodity. The man is to belong to the devil as soon as he has sold his goods. If he has any goods that no one will buy, he is to be free. The man puts an evil old woman in a glass case. When the devil sees her, he recognizes her. "Whoever knows her will refuse to buy her." The man goes free Devil frightened by threatening to bring mother-in-law Belfagor. The devil frightened by the shrewish wife. A man persuades his shrewish wife to let herself be lowered into a well. When he comes to pull her out he raises a genie (devil) who is glad to escape from the woman. Later he frightens the devil by telling him that his wife has escaped

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